Finnish invasion of the Karelian Isthmus
| Reconquest of the Karelian Isthmus | |||||||
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| Part of the Continuation War | |||||||
Military parade in Viipuri on 31 August 1941, after its recapture. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Finland | Soviet Union | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Erik Heinrichs Karl Lennart Oesch Taavetti Laatikainen |
Markian Popov P.S. Pshennikov M.N. Gerasimov | ||||||
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| 3 Corps | 3 Corps | ||||||
The Finnish invasion of the Karelian Isthmus refers to a military campaign carried out by Finland in 1941. It was part of what is commonly referred to as the Continuation War. Early in the war Finnish forces liberated the Karelian Isthmus. It had been ceded to the Soviet Union on 13 March 1940, in the Moscow Peace Treaty, which marked the end of the Winter War. Later, in the summer of 1944, the Soviet Union reconquered the southern part of the isthmus in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
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